ACC 1 A Language of Accounting.

Develops in non-business majors an ability to read and understand general-purpose external financial statements and internal managerial accounting reports for businesses and not-for-profit organizations. As such financial data are widely disseminated across all contexts in our society, a knowledge of the language of accounting is useful in a professional career and personal life. The focus is on using and interpreting, rather than preparing, financial statements and internal accounting reports.

1. ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3); and

1. ACC 222 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3); and

1. ACC 225 The Accounting Process (1); and

1. ACC 468 Accounting for Governmental Operations (2); and

1. ACC 469 Accounting for Non-Governmental Not-For-Profit Organizations (1)
   
   

Note: Not open to business majors or majors in the Department of Accountancy.

ART 1 Women, Art and Art History.

Introduces the role of women as subjects as well as creators and patrons of art from antiquity to the present. Considers the role of women in the study of art and art history and in the creation of the "new art history."

1. ART 280 Art and Politics (MPF) (3); and
2. ART 480.W Women in Medieval Art (3); and
3. ART 480.X Women in Art: Renaissance to Modern (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Art.

ART 2 Ceramics Studio.

Explores and develops concepts, techniques, materials, methods, and critical aesthetic thinking as applied to the process of making utilitarian or sculptural ceramics. Ceramics as a nonverbal visual language is taught through research, production, viewing, interaction, and verbal critique with a focus on further development toward a significant personal expression at the 300 level. Prerequisite: ART 171 Visual Fundamentals 3-D (3), or ARC 102 Environmental Design Studio (5, 5).

1. ART 261 Ceramics I (3); and
2. ART 361 Ceramics II (3); and
3. ART 362 Ceramics III (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Art.

ART 3 Metals Studio.

Explores and develops concepts, critical aesthetic thinking, methods, techniques, and materials as applied to the process of designing and making of jewelry, holloware, as well as functional and non-functional objects in non-precious and precious metals. Metals as a visual language is taught through research, interaction, production, and verbal critique with a focus on further development toward a more significant personal expression at the 300 level. Prerequisite: ART 171 Visual Fundamentals 3-D (3), or ARC 102 Environmental Design Studio (5, 5).

1. ART 264 Introduction to Metals I (3); and
2. ART 364 Metals II (3); and
3. ART 365 Metals III (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Art.

ART 4 Sculpture Studio.

Explores concepts and develops critical aesthetic thinking, methods, techniques, and materials as applied to the process of making sculpture. Sculpture, as a visual language, is taught through viewing, research, interaction, production, and verbal critique with focus on further development toward significant personal expression at the 300 level. Prerequisite: ART 102 Environmental Design Studio (5, 5).

1. ART 271 Introduction to Sculpture I (3); and
2. ART 371 Sculpture II (3); and
3. ART 372 Sculpture III (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Art.

ART 5 Three-Dimensional Art Studio.

Explores and develops concepts, techniques, materials, methods, and critical aesthetic thinking as applied to the process of making three-dimensional objects. Three-dimensional art as a nonverbal language is taught through research, production, viewing, interaction, and verbal critique with a focus on further development toward a significant personal expression. Begins with the departmental core course then provides a broad experience of working in three disciplines: metals, ceramics, and sculpture. Prerequisite: ART 171 Visual Fundamentals 3-D (3), or ARC 101-102 Environmental Design Studio (5, 5).

Courses made be taken any order:
ART 261 Ceramics I (3); and
ART 264 Metals I (3); and
ART 271 Sculpture I (3)

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Art.

ART 6 Drawing and Printmaking: Concept and Process.

Explores the relationship between drawing and printmaking through a progressive sequence of intensive studio courses. Sequence begins with basic drawing and augments these skills in a 200-level course in monotype or printmaking.

1. ART 121 Beginning Drawing (3); and
2. ART 122 Drawing II (3); and
3. ART 221 Drawing and Monotype (3), or
   ART 241 Printmaking I (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Art.

ART 7 East Asian Art History.

Explores the richness and complexity of East Asian culture through a study of Asian art. The first course provides an overview of the art of China, Korea, and Japan, and introduces the basic philosophies and historical movements that shaped the history of art. The second examines in detail the development of specific genres in Chinese painting and calligraphy, with particular attention paid to Chinese thought and social history. The third course demonstrates the influence of China in the development of Japanese painting and prints, and explores in depth both what is unique to Japan and the distinctive Japanese interpretation of outside influences.

1. ART 186 History of Asian Art: China, Korea, Japan (MPF) (3); and
2. ART 478 Chinese Painting History (3); and
3. ART 479 Japanese Painting and Prints (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Art.

ATH 1 Earth, Ecology, and Human Culture.

Examines some of the complex interrelationships of human culture with the earth. Because cultural assuMPTions have roots in religion, philosophy, politics, and economics, the sequence explores ways in which basic ideas in these fields influence our understanding of our relation to the earth, its biosphere, history, and resources.

1. PHL 376 Environmental Philosophy (4); and
   Two from the following:
   ATH 371 Anthropology of Parks and Protected Areas (3)
   ATH 471 Ecological Anthropology (2)
   GEO 271 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Philosophy. Majors in anthropology or in the departments of Geography or Geology must select a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major.

ATH 2 Museum Studies.

Provides an understanding of museum functions, their cultural and historical context, cultural processes of granting significance and value to the tangible world, and opportunity to participate in solving problems and making decisions in museum work. Work with museum collections, conservation techniques, information management, interpretation, communication, and exhibition. With great diversity in museum responsibilities and activities, this sequence provides opportunity to apply knowledge within a practical context.

1. ATH 441 Museum Development, Philosophy, and
   Social Context (3); and
2. ATH 444 Museum Collections Management and
   Conservation (3); and
3. ATH 443 The Museum Exhibit (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to anthropology majors.

ATH 3 World Cultures.

Provides an appreciation of human cultural diversity and how anthropologists interpret that diversity in marriage and family patterns, political and economic organizations, and symbol systems. Acquaints you with various perspectives anthropologists use to understand human cultural variability. The final course allows you to pursue cultural diversity in one of the world's major culture areas or in the relations between culture and one specific aspect of life for all people, such as personality, environment, or cognition.

1. ATH 175 Peoples of the World (MPF) (3); and
2. ATH 231 Perspectives on Culture (3); and
3. ATH 303 Native American Culture (4), or
   ATH 304 Contemporary Native America (3), or
   ATH 305 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3), or
   ATH 307 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (3), or
   ATH 322 The American Community (3), or
   ATH 331 Social Anthropology (3), or
   ATH 465 Cognitive Anthropology (3), or
   ATH 471 Ecological Anthropology (2)
   
   

Note: ATH 471 (third level) is a two-credit-hour course. Be aware that you may have to take four courses in order to satisfy the nine-hour Thematic Sequence requirement. Not open to anthropology majors.

BOT 1 Conservation and the Environment.

Focuses on the challenge of reconciling increasing demands on resources with limitations on resource availability, and explores conservation as it pertains to the environment from a biological and social science perspective, including a historical overview. The first course, chosen from three options, is also a Foundation course in the biological science area. The third course focuses on applied problem solving.

1. BOT 131 Plants, Humanity, and Environment (MPF) (3), or
   BOT 171 Ecology of North America (MPF) (3), or
   ZOO 121 Environmental Biology (MPF) (3); and
2. GEO 271 Conservation of Natural Resources (3); and
3. IES 431, 531 Principles and Applications of
   Environmental Science (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geography. Majors in the Department of Botany must select ZOO 121 at the first level; majors in the Department of Zoology must select a botany course at the first level.

BOT 2 Molecular Processes: From Cells to Whole Plants.

A contemporary consideration of how plants work mechanistically. Combines molecular and subcellular structure and function with physical and chemical measurements of underlying genetic and physiological controls. Deals with establishment, replication, maintenance, coordination, and adaptive responses of plants at organizational levels ranging from molecules to whole plants.

1. BOT 191 General Botany (MPF) (4), or
   BOT/MBI/ZOO 116 Biological Concepts: Structure, Function,
   Cellular, and Molecular Biology (MPF) (4); and
2. BOT 251 Plant Physiology (3); and
3. BOT/ZOO 342 Genetics (3), or
   BOT 355 Plant Cell Biology (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Botany. Majors in the Department of Zoology must take BOT 355 at the third level.

CHM 1 Chemistry of Environmental Measurements.

Enhances theoretical knowledge toward understanding environmental chemical issues and provides a foundation for learning followed by systematic investigation of advanced concepts in chemistry. Allows accomplished students to take alternative courses.

1. CHM 142, 145 College Chemistry,
   College Chemistry Laboratory (3, 2), or
   CHM 142.M, 161 Inorganic Chemistry, Quantitative
   Analysis (4, 2); and
2. CHM 231 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4), or
   CHM 241, 244 Organic Chemistry,
   Organic Chemistry Laboratory (3, 2), or
   CHM 251, 254 Organic Chemistry for Chemistry Majors,
   Laboratory (3, 3); and
3. CHM 363, 364 Analytical Chemistry,
   Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (3, 2)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

CHM 2 Chemistry of Life Processes.

Enhances theoretical knowledge toward understanding biochemistry and provides a foundation for learning followed by the systematic investigation of advanced concepts in chemistry. Allows accomplished students to take alternative courses. Prerequisite: CHM 141, 144 or 151, 153 (all Foundation Courses); alternative courses require additional prerequisites.

1. CHM 142, 145 College Chemistry,
   College Chemistry Laboratory (3, 2), or
   CHM 142.M, 161 Inorganic Chemistry,
   Quantitative Analysis (4, 2); and
2. CHM 231 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4), or
   CHM 241, 244 Organic Chemistry,
   Organic Chemistry Laboratory (3, 2), or
   CHM 251, 254 Organic Chemistry for Chemistry
   Majors, Laboratory (3, 3); and
3. CHM 332 Outlines in Biochemistry (4), or
   CHM 433 Biochemistry (4)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

CLS 1 Classical Civilization.

Combines a general introduction to classical civilization and an in-depth encounter with Greco-Roman civilization, focusing on elements that provide opportunities for observing differences between modern and ancient civilization. Uses literature, monuments, legal documents, art, and sculpture to examine key examples of social organization, including the status of women, legal structures, and urban organization.

1. CLS 101 Greek Civilization in its Mediterranean Context (MPF) (3), or
   CLS 102 Roman Civilization (MPF) (3), or
   CLS 121 Introduction to Classical Mythology (MPF) (3); and
2. CLS 210.C Roman Cities (3), or
   CLS 210.E Eureka: Monumental Discoveries in the Attics of Antiquity (3), or
   CLS 210.R Race and Ethnicity (3), or
   CLS 235 Women in Antiquity (3), or
   ART 381 Greek and Roman Architecture (3); and
3. CLS 310.D Democracy and Identity in Ancient Athens (3), or
   CLS 321 Justice and the Law (3), or
   CLS 322 Growing Old in Greece and Rome (3), or
   ART 382 Greek and Roman Painting (3), or
   ART 383 Greek and Roman Sculpture (3), or
   REL/WMS 334 Women's Religious Experiences in the Ancient Mediterranean World (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Classics. Majors in the departments of Art and Religion must select a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major.

CLS 2 Classical Literature.

Provides an overview of Greek or Roman literature, then examines in detail the historical evolution of specific genres, such as tragedy, drama, and epic. Attention to historical forces that brought these genres into existence and those forces that affected their growth and development.

1. CLS 101 Greek Civilization in its Mediterranean Context
   (MPF) (3), or
   CLS 102 Roman Civilization (MPF) (3), or
   CLS 121 Introduction to Classical Mythology (MPF) (3); and
2. CLS 211 Greek and Roman Epic (3), or
   CLS 212 Greek Tragedy (3), or
   CLS 213 Greek and Roman Comedy (3); or
   CLS 215 Roman Historians (3); and
3. CLS 310.P From the Lair of the Cyclops to the Surface of the Moon: Travel and Self-Definition in Antiquity (3), or
   CLS 316 Greek and Roman Lyric Poetry (3), or
   CLS 317 Greek and Roman Philosophical Writers (3), or
   CLS 331 From Epic to Romance (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Classics.

COM 1 Relational Communication and Development in Modern Society.

Explores how people use verbal and nonverbal communication to define, negotiate, and change their interpersonal relationships. Seeks to enhance an appreciation of the importance of context and diversity by exploring cultural and individual difference variables, employing a transactional perspective, and examining diverse relational situations.

1. COM 136 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
   (MPF) (3); and
2. COM 336 Advanced Interpersonal Communication (3); and
3. COM 338 Communication in Conflict Management (3), or
   COM 434 Nonverbal Communication (3), or
   FSW 361 Developing Couple Relationships (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Communication. Majors in the Department of Family Studies and Social Work must select a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major.

COM 2 Rhetorical Theory and Application.

Develops an understanding of the relationships among speakers, messages, and audiences in a variety of contexts. Begins by exploring theoretical bases of informative and persuasive messages, then moves into finer analysis of issues and ideas in particular rhetorical situations.

1. COM 135 Public Expression and Critical Inquiry (MPF) (3), or
   COM/HST 235 Great Issues in American History (MPF) (3); and
2. COM 239 Rhetorical Theory (3); and
3. COM 335 Public Discourse in Western Thought (3), or
   COM 438 Political Communication (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Communication.

COM 3 Contexts of Mass Media.

Focuses on ways the mass media have developed and the ways scholars have sought to explain the impact of media on society and society's impact on media. Explores how the media are historically situated and how political, economic, social and cultural structures, and decisions have led to the type of media that have developed in this country and around the world.

1. COM 143 Introduction to Mass Communication Theory and
   Issues (MPF) (3); and
2. COM 215 Electronic Media History (3); and
3. COM 354 Media and Society (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Communication.

DSC 1 Quantitative Concepts for Managerial Decision Making.

Enhances analytical capabilities and provides breadth and depth of course work in decision science methodology. While its contextual orientation is business, the techniques and processes discussed and ways of thinking developed are applicable to every field. The underlying aim is improved decision making and action through thought that is informed by statistical and management science methodologies.

1. DSC 205 Business Statistics (4); and
2. DSC 305 Applied Regression Analysis in Business (3); and
3. DSC 321 Quantitative Analysis of Business Problems (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems.

DSC 2 Applied Business Statistics.

Enhances analytical capabilities and teaches fundamental concepts of statistical thinking. Provides breadth and depth of course work in business statistics methodology. While the academic area of business forms its contextual orientation, the techniques and processes discussed and ways of thinking developed are applicable to every field. The underlying aim is improved decision making and action through thought that is informed by statistical analysis.

1. DSC 205 Business Statistics (4); and
2. DSC 305 Applied Regression Analysis in Business (3); and
3. DSC 365 Statistical Quality Control (3), or
   DSC 442 Design of Experiments in Business (3), or
   DSC 444 Business Forecasting (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems.

ECO 1 Economics of Labor Markets.

Provides an understanding of how labor markets work, the impact and/or need for employment related public policies, and why employment outcomes (wages, benefits, hours worked, retirement ages) differ across time and people. Primarily provides understanding from an economic perspective.

1. ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (MPF) (3); and
   
2. ECO 361 Labor Economics (3); and
3. ECO 462 The Economics of Compensation, Discrimination,
   and Unionization (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Economics.

ECO 2 Markets, Institutions, and the Role of Government.

In some situations, competitive markets fail to allocate resources efficiently. In some instances, production is concentrated in the hands of a few firms that may restrain output and raise prices. In other cases, market prices fail to fully reflect the costs or benefits associated with the consuMPTion or production of certain goods. This arises in the case of externalities or government in ensuring allocative efficiency.

1. ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (MPF) (3); and
   Two from the following:
   ECO 321 Economic Institutions and the Competitive
   System (3), or
   ECO 385 Government and Business (3), or
   ECO 331 Public Sector Economics (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Economics.

ECO 3 Business Cycles, Economic Welfare, and Macroeconomic Policy.

Concern for the material well-being of individuals motivates the study of aggregates since fluctuations in these aggregates and changes in their growth rates significantly affect welfare. Focuses on possible government initiatives to influence the behavior of economic aggregates and enhance welfare. Addresses rationale for government intervention, practical difficulties associated with actual implementation of policy, and evaluation of policy. Macroeconomic history and current policy discussions provide many applications. Provides understanding of motives, pitfalls, and history of macroeconomic policy.

1. ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (MPF) (3); and
2. ECO 317 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (3); and
3. ECO 418 Monetary Theory and Policy (3), or
   ECO 419 Business Cycles (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Economics.

ECO 4 Exchange, Growth, and Development in the Global Economy.

Evolution of the modern world economy has been influenced not only by technical and institutional changes within national economics but also by interactions among them. Substantial international flows of people, goods, capital, and technology, since the beginning of the modern era, have helped to set the terms for development of national patterns of economic growth and specialization. Introduces formal analysis of international economic relations in the areas of trade, financial flows, and government policies, and then encourages examination of international economic developments in various historical and institutional settings.

1. ECO 344 International Economic Relations (3); and
   Two from the following:
   ECO 341 Economic History of Modern Europe (3), or
   ECO 342 Comparative Economic Systems (3), or
   ECO 343 The Economy of Modern China (3), or
   ECO 347 Economic Development (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Economics.

EGR 1 Automation and Society: A Paradigm for Understanding and Applying Technology.

Creates a paradigm for understanding technology by studying the interrelationship between automation and society and the impact on human knowledge, quality of life, and mechanisms of the work place. Studies the history of technology and its effect on society, applies scientific and engineering methods to conduct design, evaluates advantages and disadvantages of designs, and creates alternative solutions that reflect ethical, economical, and environmental concerns of society.

1. EGR 161 Perspectives on Technology (MPF) (3); and
2. EGR\ENT 251 Automation, Technology, and Society (3); and
3. EGR\ENT 351 Computer-integrated Manufacturing for
   Small Manufacturers (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering.

EGR 2 Modelling, Computer Graphics, and Design.

Provides an in-depth study of modelling theories and their interrelationship with the physical world. Modelling requires critical thinking, careful synthesis, comprehensive analysis, and skillful implementation. In science, it can be used to discover natural laws; in engineering, modelling can be used to perform product and system design. Prerequisites: EGR 143 SAN 163; (EGR 211) EGR 143 and MTH 151; (EGR 311) EGR 211 and MTH 251.

EGR 143 Engineering Design and Computer Graphics (3); and
EGR 211 Statical Modelling of Mechanical Systems (3); and
EGR 311 Dynamical Modelling of Mechanical Systems (3)

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering.

EGR 3 The Art and Science of Engineering Thinking: A Design-Based Approach to Creative Problem-Solving.

Allows students to know and comprehend the art and science of the engineering thinking process. Enables students to discover the core of the logical problem-solving process used by engineers in design. Also, students will understand the nature of reasoning, characteristic ways of thinking, and methods of inquiry that distinguish the discipline of engineering. Engineering thinking combines art and science, intuition and logic, observation and experimentation; it is a creative activity that requires critical thinking, careful synthesis, comprehensive analysis, and skillful implementation. At the conclusion of the sequence, students should be able to integrate engineering thinking creatively into their work when solving problems.

1. EGR 143 Engineering Design and Computer Graphics (3); and
2. EGR 211 Static Modeling of Mechanical Systems (3); and
3. EGR 203 Electric Circuit Analysis (4); and
4. EGR 303 Computer-aided Experimentation (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering.

ENG 1 The Age of Victoria

. Introduces the culture broadly defined as "Victorian" and focuses on the responses of artists, political leaders, and writers to various historical events and movements that have helped shape the 20th century: ideas of progress, democracy, nationalism and imperialism, religious doubt, theories of evolution and natural selection, impressionism and post-impressionism.

1. ENG 132 Life and Thought in English Literature, 1660-1900
   (MPF) (3); and
   Two courses in any order from the following:
   ENG 443, Victorian Literature, 1830-1860 (3), or
   ENG 444, Victorian Literature, 1860-1900 (3), or
   HST 483, Victorian England, 1830-1914 (3), or
   ART 486 Art of the Late 19th Century (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English. Majors in the departments of Art or History must select a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major.

ENG 2 Women and Literature.

Assumes the importance of gender as a category for analyzing authors and texts. Attention to how various literatures that constitute "English literature" represent women and the feminine, how these representations differ, and the various agendas pursued through these representations. Most important, emphasizes women as themselves authors and readers. Builds new knowledge of non-canonical writers and texts; reconsiders canonical writers and texts by focusing on depictions of women or your relation to women's writings.

1. WMS 201 Introduction to Women's Studies (MPF) (3), or
   ENG\WMS 368 Feminist Literary Theory and Practice (3); and
2. ENG\WMS 332 American Women Writers (3), or
   ENG\WMS 333 British Women Writers (3); and
3. ENG 390 Studies in American Regionalism: Women's Local
   Color Fiction (3), or
   ENG\WMS 468 Gender and Genre (3), or
   ENG\WMS 490 Did Women Have a Renaissance? (3), or
   FRE 350.B The Woman-Centered Text (3), or
   SPN\WMS 180 Minority Women Writers in the U.S. (3), or
   WMS 370.A Black Women Writers (3), or
   WMS 370.C Lesbian Fiction (3), or
   WMS 370.D Gender, Class, and Culture in 20th Century U.S. (3)
   
   

Note: Open to all majors.

ENG 3 American Life and Culture Since World War II.

A cross-disciplinary study of the changing forms of American culture since World War II.

1. ENG 143 Life and Thought in American Literature,
   1945 to Present (MPF) (3), or
   MUS 135 Understanding Jazz, Its History and Evolution
   (MPF) (3); and
   Two courses from the following:
   ARC 427 American History Since 1940 (3)
   ART 489 Contemporary Art (3)
   ENG 293 Contemporary American Fiction (3)
   ENG\BWS 338 Contemporary Black American Writers (3)
   HST 367 The U.S. in the 1960's (3)
   HST 369 20th Century America Since 1933(3)
   HST 380.M God, Man, and the Crisis of Modernity (3)
   
   

Note: Nine hours minimum must be taken outside your department of major.

ENG 4 Popular Culture.

Introduces cultural studies, specifically the analysis of contemporary popular culture. One of the central objectives is to develop analytical tools to examine how film, popular literature, and other mass media (ordinarily "taken for granted" elements of everyday life) have shaped our modern sensibility. In its very nature, the study of popular culture is interdisciplinary, examining both the text and the context of such cultural creations as mass-market literature and film.

1. FST 201 Introduction to Film History and Criticism
   (MPF) (3); and
   Two from the following:
   ENG 210 Studies in Popular Literature (3), or
   ENG\FST 220 Literature and Film (3), or
   ENG\FST 221 Shakespeare and Film (3), or
   ENG\FST 236 Alternative Traditions in Film (3), or
   ENG\FST 350 Topics in Film (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English.

ENG 5 Language and Literacy.

Examines how structure, history, and social aspects of language affect how we learn to write and how schools teach literacy skills. Uses formal reasoning skills, research and writing, and ethnographic case studies to develop a sense of the synchronic structure and diachronic background of the English language so that you understand how concepts of literacy have changed through the ages, how literacy functions in contemporary society, and how societies, schools, and communication technologies interact to shape our concepts of literacy, rhetoric, and language standards. Studies grammatical structure of modern English, social and cultural history of the language, and either rhetorical theory (COM 239 or contemporary notions of teaching writing (ENG 304). Although ENG 301 and 302 are recommended to be taken before ENG 304 or COM 239 three courses may be taken in any order.

1. ENG 301 History of the English Language (4); and
2. ENG 302 Structure of Modern English (4); and
3. ENG 304 Backgrounds to Composition Theory and
   Research (3), or
   COM 239 Rhetorical Theory (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English. Majors in the Department of Communication must select a minimum of nine hours of English courses.

ENG 6 Modernism.

Examines the intellectual and cultural movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries commonly called modernism. In the visual arts, modernism marks the progression from natural representation to abstraction, best shown in the transition from the French impressionists to the cubists. In the literary arts, especially poetry and fiction, modernism moves from the realists and naturalists to the symbolists and imagists, and on to the fugitives and ironists. By taking these courses, you observe the significance of changes in attitude toward experience that are revealed in the transition from an external and objective outlook and expression to a more internal and subjective outlook and expression.

1. ENG 142 Life and Thought in American Literature: Civil War
   to World War II (MPF) (3), or
   ENG 133 Life and Thought in English Literature:
   20th Century (MPF) (3); and
2. ENG 397 Modern Poetry, the Symbolist and Imagist
   Traditions (3), or
   ENG 398 Modern Poetry, the Realist and Ironist Traditions (3), or
   ENG 453 American Literature from 1914 to the Present (3); and
3. ART 486 Art of the Late 19th Century (3), or
   ART 487 Art of the Early 20th Century (3), or
   HST 332 Europe, 1914-1945 (3), or
   HST 335 European Intellectual History: Romanticism to Modernism (3), or
   RUS 256 Russian Literature in Translation--Tolstoy
   to the Present (3)
   
   

Note: Not open to majors in the Department of English. Majors in the departments of Art, History, or Russian must select a course outside their department of major from the third level.

ENG 7 The Romantic Era.

Through methods and perspectives of at least two disciplines, introduces the culture characterized as "romantic," which emerged in the later 18th century, flourished in the early 19th century, became domesticated in the Victorian era, was repressed by the modernists, revived by the counterculture of the 1960s, and newly historicized by post-modernists. Focuses on the response of artists and writers to economic, political, and social change (particularly change resulting from industrialism and revolution) and the role of artists and writers in shaping that change. Begin with ENG 132 or RUS 255 then take two of the remaining courses from at least two disciplines.

1. ENG 132 Life and Thought in English Literature, 1660-1901
   (MPF) (3), or
   RUS 255 Russian Literature from Pushkin to Dostoevsky in
   English Translation (MPF) (3); and
   Two courses from at least two disciplines from the following:
   ENG 441 The Romantic Period (the first generation) (3), or
   ENG 442 The Romantic Period (the second generation) (3), or
   ART 485 Art of the Early 19th Century (3), or
   GER 401 The Age of Goethe
   (readings and classes in German) (4), or
   FRE 452 The Romantic Movement in French Literature
   (readings and classes in French) (3)
   HST 335 European Intellectual History
   (Romanticism to Modernism) (3) or
   POL 303 Modern Political Philosophy (4)
   
   

Note: Nine hours minimum must be taken outside your department of major.

ENG 8 African American History and Literature.

Provides a sustained encounter with the African American experience from the arrival of African Americans to North America through their contemporary cultural and literary accomplishments.

1. BWS 151 Introduction to Black World Studies (MPF) (4); and
   Two from the following:
   BWS\ENG 336 African American Writing, 1746-1877
   BWS\ENG 337 African American Writing, 1878-1945(3)
   BWS\ENG 338 African American Writing, 1945 to Present (3)
   BWS\HST 221 African American History (3)
   
   

Note: Open to all majors.

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